Improvement in gloves



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST HESTHAL, OF SAN FRANGISC, CALIFORNIA.

IM PROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,567, dated July 30, 187B; application filed April 12, 1878.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, AUGUsT HnsTHAL, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Gloves, which invention is fully set forth and described in the following specication and accompanying drawings.

lhe object of my invention is to produce a glove without seam either on the outer or the inner edges of the body, and the outside fingers of which are formed entirely of one con tinuous piece of material with no outside seam.

To this cud my invention consists in form ing the part or pattern constituting the body of the glove in one piece, which includes the palln, back, and twQ outside lingers entire, and in combining therewith the other parts or patterns forming the thumb and the inner halves or parts of the two middle lingers, whereby no outside seams are` formed, and but one seam to the body ot' the glove is necessary, and this is brought on the back ofthe hand.

In order to more clearly understand the nature of my invention, I refer to the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l` is a view ofthe front and the back of my improved glove. Figs. 2 and 3 are views of the main pattern or body of the glove cut from one continuous piece, showin g its appearance both before and after being folded. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the parts that form the middle tin gers.

In the blank, Figs. 2 and 3, A A are the parts forming the index-finger of the glove, the edges a a being joined together so that the seam formed thereby is on the inside. of the finger. B B are the corresponding parts of the little finger, and b b their edges, which are joined together in the same manner.

This folding of the blank, Fig. 3, brings the straight edges C C together along the back of the glove, with the points o c meeting together at or between the middle fingers.

The edges @fof the blank and the similar edges g h of the finger-blanks, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, are brought together to form the small inseams between the fingers, and in the same manner the edges t' j are united between the two middle iin gers, as will be readily understoodV by any 011e familiar with the man ufacture of gloves.

F is the part which fills the space Gto form the-thumb.

These parts are all folded together in the manner above described and shown, and are united together with the other parts that form the wrist or gauntlet in the usual manner, and the parts of the back seam are strengthened by one or more rows of stitching, as desired.

As thus constructed, my improved glove is made without seam either on the outer or the inner edge, and the only seam of the body or back and palm portion is brought on the back of the glove, where it will be subject to t-he least strain, and a neater and more durable article of wear is the result.

This same construction can be applied to gloves, gauntlets, or mittens, as will be readily understood by any one familiar with the manufacture of such articles.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The glove, described with a single central seam 011 the back, having the body and the index and little fingers and the front part of the middle fingers formed from a single blank, with the back of the middle fingers and the entire thumb made from separate pieces secured to such blank, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day of March, 1878.

AUG. IIESIHAL. [1.. s.] \Vitnesses:

C. NV. M. SMITH, OHAs. E. KELLY. 

